They hain’t tuchin my dinger! :eek:
Point of order. It’s not illegal to purchase sex toys in Alabama, nor is possession illegal. It’s illegal to sell them.
And ironically, Bubba, they don’t seem to care if you want to turn your peeny into a hammerhead shark. You’re a guy, so apparently it’s okay to take part.
I think I see movie potential. “Yentl” at a Piercing Pagoda.
And ironically, Bubba, they don’t seem to care if you want to turn your peeny into a hammerhead shark. You’re a guy, so apparently it’s okay to take part.
I think I see movie potential. “Yentl” at a Piercing Pagoda.
“I can’t do it…you’re a woman!”
“I most certainly am not. I’m just hung like an infant, my lady. Now let’s get that barbell threaded!”
I dont get all the negativity. Isnt this what makes America great? That we have seperate States that can enact their own laws and govern themselves.
The people of Georgia voted for these legislators who passed the bill. If the people of Georgia were truly against this they would have made some stink about it. At least a few of the legistalors would have voted against it, no?
The fact that it went 169-0 shows me that the citizens of that State pretty much agree with the law.
Actually, the reality is that not enough of those who were against the Bill made a stink.
Usually, in politics, those in favor of something don`t say much publicly-- those against an action come out of the woodwork and are very voicerous. If there were enough people against this Bill there would have been a stink.
Not quite. Selling toys designed for “stimumlation of human genitals” is banned. As long as the seller promotes them as “educational” or “novelty” they can get around the ban. If memory serves correctly, it also legal to have them as long as you don’t have more than six, in which case you’re presumed to be a dealer.
Texas Penal Code
Sec. 43.21. DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter:
~ ~ (1) “Obscene” means material or a performance that:
~ ~ ~ (A) the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest in sex;
~ ~ ~ (B) depicts or describes:
~ ~ ~ ~ (i) patently offensive representations or descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including sexual intercourse, sodomy, and sexual bestiality; or
~ ~ ~ ~ (ii) patently offensive representations or descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions, sadism, masochism, lewd exhibition of the genitals, the male or female genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal, covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state or a device designed and marketed as useful primarily for stimulation of the human genital organs; and
~ ~ ~ © taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, and scientific value.
~ ~ (2) “Material” means anything tangible that is capable of being used or adapted to arouse interest, whether through the medium of reading, observation, sound, or in any other manner, but does not include an actual three dimensional obscene device.
~ ~ (3) “Performance” means a play, motion picture, dance, or other exhibition performed before an audience.
~ ~ (4) “Patently offensive” means so offensive on its face as to affront current community standards of decency.
~ ~ (5) “Promote” means to manufacture, issue, sell, give, provide, lend, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, present, exhibit, or advertise, or to offer or agree to do the same.
~ ~ (6) “Wholesale promote” means to manufacture, issue, sell, provide, mail, deliver, transfer, transmit, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate, or to offer or agree to do the same for purpose of resale.
~ ~ (7)** “Obscene device” means a device including a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs. **
Sec. 43.23. OBSCENITY. (a) A person commits an offense if, knowing its content and character, he wholesale promotes or possesses with intent to wholesale promote any obscene material or obscene device.
~ (b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.
~ © A person commits an offense if, knowing its content and character, he:
~ ~ (1) promotes or possesses with intent to promote any obscene material or obscene device; or
~ ~ (2) produces, presents, or directs an obscene performance or participates in a portion thereof that is obscene or that contributes to its obscenity.
~ (d) An offense under Subsection © is a Class A misdemeanor.
~ (e) A person who promotes or wholesale promotes obscene material or an obscene device or possesses the same with intent to promote or wholesale promote it in the course of his business is presumed to do so with knowledge of its content and character.
~** (f) A person who possesses six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles is presumed to possess them with intent to promote the same. **
So if you want to buy a dildo, be sure it has the multiplication tables on it.
Thank Og I don’t live in Texas.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone been arrested for having too many toys?
my bad :o … I forgot to remove the purchase from my post… I need to use preview more often
…scurries off in embarrasment…
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The people of Georgia voted for these legislators who passed the bill. If the people of Georgia were truly against this they would have made some stink about it. At least a few of the legislators would have voted against it, no?
The fact that it went 169-0 shows me that the citizens of that State pretty much agree with the law.
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Well, do you really think that FGM is a big issue that legislators make a big fuss about in their campaigns? Most likely the voters didn’t even know about this.
As for why it was unanimous, I would hazard a guess that there might be an element of “for their own sake” and members of Congress would be reluctant to be seen as being against that. Just a semi-WAG…
That’s fucking ridiculous. No, it doesn’t make a difference to me that it was unanimously passed by duly elected officials and is a sterling example of democracy in action. By that line of reasoning no legislation could ever be criticized as ill-advised, and no politician could be complained of because all elections and legislation merely reflects the will of the constituency.
Poorly concieved and ill- advised legislation by the uninformed, misinformed, or complacent occurs all the time. Why would I think that this legislation may have passed without the legislators having fully briefed themselves on the issues?
The mind boggles. You know nothing of the activity you’re banning, yet you’ve determined that adults should be legally prohibited from engaging in it?
Just to clarify, I didn’t mean that any poster or his/her expressed views are fucking ridiculous; rather, that the passage of legislation mentioned in the OP is fucking ridiculous. You guys are okay. 
Did any of you consider that maybe the piercing amendment was added as a poison pill? If it doesn’t get the bill killed outright because the whole world laughed derisively at it, then it dies with the first constitutionality lawsuit, because it’s not the gubmint’s business who puts a hole in their 'nads.
Get a grip.
Yes. Usually, though, the law is used to harass store owners. Texarkana, where I live, is on the state line between Texas and Arkanasas. Both stores in town where you can get these items are on the Arkansas side. The owner of one told me she moved from the Texas side of town because of the legal harassment. She’s was raided and arrested so she moved.
Hey, it’s The Pit. Calling people “fucking ridiculous” is not only the order of the day, but encouraged behavior.
Like your tie. That’s just fucking ridiculous, man.
Ah, well, another set back for economic development.
I can only hope that the local chapter of the Watch and Ward Society, also known as the Iowa Family Policy Center, hasn’t heard about this. We have enough trouble with same gender marriage, para-mutual betting, abortion funding at the university hospitals and general righteousness without having the IFPC besieging the legislature over out of sight piercing.
Isn’t Saxby Chambliss such a magnificent Evil White Guy name? I see him as the Evil Slaveowner in one of those The Blue And The Grey 12 hour Civil War melodramas. Or maybe the David Spade character in PCU. Yea, he may be an asshat as a legislator (I honestly don’t know his record)…but I have to grin every time I see that name. I picture a young Patrick Swayze in a Confederate uniform giving him the Evil Eye and the Defiant Chin of Swayze.
Regarding Greathouse, well, I guess the truth hurts. But cheer up! When Alabama does something equally, if not more stupid, Tennessee will follow up with something even MORE ridiculous. It’s election season, after all, the time of stupid grandstanding and pointless gestures.
And yes, sadly, this is democracy in action. We get the government we deserve, I’m afraid.
Well, I can only say I’m glad I live in Chicago. Hell, we can buy dildos, get our genitals pierced, do our taxes, and get an oil change in the same building, and for the right money, all at the same time.
What a silly law/rule/guideline. I guess the lawmakers need more shit do to down there, clearly there’s not enough poverty, crime, drugs etc. to go around.
They’re just going to destroy their own economy; there will be massive exoduses (exodi?) to Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida as wild Georgia women go in search of political climes more conducive to their freewheelin’, genital-piercin’ ways.